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STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 19.16.

Patented J une 27, 1916.

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STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN'. 29. l9l6.

Patented June 27; 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnt d J 27 1916 Application filed January 29, 1916. Serial No. 75,074.

stove which is simple in its construction and highly convenient and serviceable 1n practical use.

It is another object of the invention to provide a stove having, a fire box, and an oven chamber at one side of said fire box with a flue extending around said oven chamber and leading to the smoke pipe,'and means for causing the products of combustion to pass through said fiue or directly from the fire box into the smoke pipe.

It is another important object of the iii vention to provide a very convenient and serviceable mounting and arrangement of supporting plates or shelves pivotally 'mounted upon a permanent shelf or'extension adjacent to the draft door, said pivoted plates or shelves being held against casual movement by said door when the latter is closed.

With the above and other objects in View, my invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a stove constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of my invention, a portion of the side wall being shown in elevation; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a front end elevation, partly in section; and Fig. 4: is a detail fragmentary horizontal sec tion showing one of the supporting plates or shelves in dotted lines in its extended position.

Referring in designates the body of the stove which is of cast metal and may be of any desired dimensions. The rear end of this body is closed by the back plate 6 and, at its forward end, the bottom wall of the stove body detail to the drawings, 5

is formed with a horizontally projecting ledge or shelf 7 A suitable grate 8 is arranged m the fire box 9 in the forward end of the stove body and this firebox is closed by the hingedly mounted door 10. Aidraft this door between the same and the vertiplate 11 is mounted upon the inner face of cal strap bars 12 for sliding movement. A

suitable finger piece 13 is fixed to the draft plate and extends through a vertical slot 14, the said slot being provided at spaced points with lateral branches 16 and 17, respectively. The wall of. the door 10 is provided with a plurality of spaced openings 18 with respect to which the draft'plate 11 is adapted to be adjusted. 'When the draft plate 11is raised so that air may enter through'the openings 18 into the fire box,

- the shank of the finger piece 13 is shifted laterally into one of the branches 16 of the slot 1%, whereby the plate is supported in its raised position. When the fingerpiece is moved downwardly in the slot and the plate 11 lowered, said finger piece may be shifted into one of the branch slots 17 so as to retain the draft plate in its closed position over the openings 18.

I A vertical partition wall 19 is secured to the body walls ofthe stove rearwardly of the grate 8, and the lower edge of said partition is spaced from the bottom wall of the stove body 5. Upon this partition wall 19, the rearwardly extending oven chamber 20 is suitably mounted and secured, the said oven being preferably provided interiorly thereof'upon its opposite side walls with supporting anglebars21 for a shelfplate 22, upon which pans or other receptacles are adapted to be disposed. Upon one of the side walls ofthe stove body,,thedoor 23is hingedly mounted which affords access to the oven. The top and bottom walls and the rear end wall ofthe oven are'spaced from the corresponding walls of the stove body so as to provide a flue or passage 24. A damper plate 25 is mounted within the stove and is adapted to be movedso that its free edge will engage the lower edge of the partition wall 19 and close communication between the fire box of the stove and the flue or passage 24. This damper plate is provided with an operating rod 26 which extends at one end through the side wall of the stove so that said damper can be conveniently actuated. 3

Immediately belowthe oven door 23, the

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stove body is provided with a clean-out door 27, whereby soot and other deposits may be removed from the passage or flue 24.

Upon the same side of the stove body as the oven door 23, a draft door 28 for the fire box is hingedly mounted and carries an adjustable draft plate 29. At the lower edge of the door opening, the base or bottom wall of the stove is formed with an outwardly projecting platform or ledge 30, and upon the same, at one of its ends and contiguous to the door opening, upper and lower supporting plates 31 and 32 respectively, are pivotally mounted as ind1- cated at 33. The upper plate 31 is provided upon one edge with an upwardly projecting, curved flange 34 with which a down wardly extending rib or shoulder 35 on the lower edge of the door 28 is adapted to engage. In the use of the plates 31 and 32, it will be understood that the door 28 may first be opened and both of the plates 31 and 32 swung outwardly from the pivot 33 so that they will be in position to receive and support pots, pans, plates and various other articles, thus afiording three separate and distinct shelves or supports, including the ledge or extension 30 on the stove body. The two supplementary shelves 31 and 32 may be held in superposed relation upon the extension or platform 30 as shown in Fig. 3, the lip 35 on the door 28 engaging the flange 34 wit-h the upper plate 31 and there by preventing outward movement of the same. As the plate 30 is wholly disposed under this plate 31, there are no projecting parts which may be accidentally engaged whereby the plate would be pulled out wardlyfrom beneath the plate or shelf 31.

The top wall of the stove above the fire box is formed with an opening surrounded by an upstanding flange indicated at 36, and this opening is adapted to be closed by 'a hinged cover plate 37 mounted on said flange. The top wall of the stove body, adj acent its rear end, is provided with a cleanout opening 38 normally closed by the hinged cover plate 39.

40 indicates convergently disposed, connected pipe legs attached at one of their ends to the top wall of the stove in communication with the fire box and the flue or passage 24 respectively, and surrounding vopenings in said wall. 41 designates one section of the stove pipe leading to the chimney flue which telescopically receives the connected ends of said legs. A damper plate 42 is mounted in the leg 40 which is connected to the fire box section of the The entire stove structure is supported upon foot members or standards indicated at 43.

. will be apparent that, when the damper plate 42 is closed and the damper plate 25 opened, the smoke, heat and products of combustion will pass from the fire box into the flue 24. Thus, the walls of the oven chamber 20 will become very highly heated, such products finally passing out through one of the pipe legs 40 and intothe conduct ing pipe 41 connected to the chimney. The temperature of the oven may be regulated and controlled by simply closingthe damper plate 25 to a greater or less extent and partially opening the damper plate 42 so that a portion of the products of combustion may pass directly from the fire box into the smoke pipe. When the damper 42 is opened and the damper 25 closed, it will be understood that all of the products will pass directly into the smoke pipe and no portion thereof will enter the flue or passage 24. It will thus be seen that I have provided a simply constructed stove which is also very durable and serviceable in practical use.

The relative dimensions of the oven and fire box may be varied as desired and it is also obvious that the form, proportion and arrangement of the several structural parts of the stove can be altered in accordance with the particular use for which the stove is intended. It will, therefore, be understood that I reserve the privilege of making all such legitimate changes in the above respects as will be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what-I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a stove, a body having a fire box and a grate arranged therein, a vertical partition wall rearwardly of the grate, an oven chamber mounted upon said wall and extending rearwardly therefrom, the top, bottom and rear walls of the oven chamber being spaced from the corresponding walls of the stove body to provide a flue for the products of combustion,.the lower edge of the partition wall being spaced from the bottom of the stove body, smoke pipes connected to the top wall of the stove and in communication with the fire box and said flue respectively, and a damper plate mounted upon the bottom wall of the stove and adapted for engagement with the lower edge of the partition wall to out off communication between said fiueand the fire box.

2. In astove, a body-having a fire box and a grate arranged therein, a vertical partition wall in. saidbody rearwardly of the grate and spaced at its lower edge from the bottom wall of the stove body, an oven chamber mounted; upon said partition wall extending rearwardlytherefrom, the top, bottom and rear end walls of the chamber be ing spaced from the corresponding walls of the stove body, smoke pipes communicating with the fire box andsaid flue respectively,

a damper arranged in the pipe connected to the fire box to control the passage of the products of combustion therethrough, and a damper mounted beneath said partition wall and adapted for engagement therewith at its free edge to control the passage of the .products of combustion from the fire box into said flue.

3. The combination with a stove having a draft door and an outwardly projecting shelf plate immediately below the draft door, a plurality of superposed supplementary shelves pivotally mounted upon said shelf plate and adapted to be disposed in various positions with respect thereto, and means on the uppermost auxiliary shelf for engagement with the draft door to hold said shelf against pivotal movement.

4. The combination with a stove having a draft door and an outwardly projecting shelf plate immediately below the draft door,

said door having a shoulder on its lower edge, of a plurality of auxiliary shelves pivotally mounted upon a common pivot fixed in said shelf plate and adapted to be swung to various positions with respect to said shelf plate, said auxiliary shelves being adapted to lie in superposed relation upon the shelf plate, the uppermost auxiliary shelf having an upwardly extending flange on one edge for engagement by the shoulder on the draft door whereby said shelf is held against pivotal movement.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK C. SPENCER.

Witnesses:

' O. R. PENN,

R. C. PENN.

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